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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shoma Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element, comprises an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element, and a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit. When cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.